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Afterward, a mock court-martial was held, complete with the sentencing and execution of a private accused of desertion.
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Arkansas Online, 5 Apr. 2025
An Air Force evidentiary hearing was held in May 2024 to determine whether his case should move forward to an Air Force court-martial.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 13 Mar. 2025
Teixeira pleaded guilty to the obstruction charge at the court-martial on Thursday, his family spokesperson confirmed.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 13 Mar. 2025
Jack Teixeira, a Massachusetts Air National Guard member who pleaded guilty last year to leaking highly classified military documents about the war in Ukraine online, began his court-martial on additional charges Monday.
—Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 10 Mar. 2025
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Arkansas Online, 5 Apr. 2025
An Air Force evidentiary hearing was held in May 2024 to determine whether his case should move forward to an Air Force court-martial.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 13 Mar. 2025
Teixeira pleaded guilty to the obstruction charge at the court-martial on Thursday, his family spokesperson confirmed.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 13 Mar. 2025
Jack Teixeira, a Massachusetts Air National Guard member who pleaded guilty last year to leaking highly classified military documents about the war in Ukraine online, began his court-martial on additional charges Monday.
—Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 10 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for court-martial
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Related: Supreme Court to decide if challenge to Illinois' grace period for mail-in ballots can proceed Pennsylvania Democrats countered that the 2024 ruling by the state supreme court was consistent with the text of state election law and with the intent of the legislators who set the rules.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
7 June 2025
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In a statement, Cuba’s supreme court said the two violated the terms of their release and local courts revoked their parole.—
Nora Gámez Torres,
Miami Herald,
29 Apr. 2025
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While the high court’s decision was on procedural grounds, the practical consequences have been to pause access for potentially months despite the Missouri Constitution now containing a right to reproductive freedom.—
Jonathan Shorman,
Kansas City Star,
13 June 2025
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Amid the ongoing emergency appeals landing before the high court, the justices will be handing down opinions in more than two dozen cases that have yet to be resolved.—
Melissa Quinn
June 9,
CBS News,
9 June 2025
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Biden's physical and mental decline in office and its cover up by those around him is a legitimate scandal worthy of inquisition.—
Carlo Versano,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 May 2025
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This eccentric novel—by turns a workplace comedy, a philosophical inquisition, and a smorgasbord of bodily horror—is given life by Larraquy’s electric prose and by the merciless passions of his characters.—
The Atlantic,
The Atlantic,
15 May 2025
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Chandler complained about her treatment at trial, calling it a kangaroo court.—
Ruth Chenetz,
CBS News,
31 May 2025
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Each of them struggles with their foreign agent status, hiring lawyers to represent them in kangaroo courts where the verdict has been pre-determined.—
Jordan Mintzer,
The Hollywood Reporter,
24 Feb. 2025
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Dissent isn’t tolerated, nor is there an independent judiciary.—
Sean Durns,
The Washington Examiner,
6 June 2025
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At the same time, Trump has had a lasting impact on the judiciary, helping to shape a conservative-leaning bench through his appointments.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 June 2025
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In 2016, an international arbitration tribunal ruled Beijing's expansive claim had no basis in international law, however.—
Liz Lee,
USA Today,
3 June 2025
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The war crimes tribunal that Sheikh Hasina herself founded has now charged her in the crackdown that killed more than a thousand demonstrators.—
Saif Hasnat,
New York Times,
2 June 2025
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“Court-martial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/court-martial. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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